KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S JAMES WILCOX HAS THIS NEW STORY REPORTER: WHEN ANGLEA STUART OPENS THIS BOX, SHE OFTEN GETS EMOTIONAL. >> BECAUSE I MISS HIM. REPORTER: IT BELONGED TO HER GRANDFATHER. >> LIKE I SAID I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS. REPORTER: ANGELA FOUND IT JUST BEFORE HE DIED. >> I’M SORRY. REPORTER: INSIDE ALL THESE PHOTOS -- >> THIS WOULD BE AT THAT MULBERRY HARBO REPORTER: AND A JOURNAL HER GRANDPA MYRON BENCK WROTE. HE WAS IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THESE PAGES, ARE FILLED WITH HIS OWN WORDS, LEADING UP TO D-DAY. >> JUNE 1, WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST HIT THAT THE INVASION WAS ABOUT DUE. REPORTER A BOY FROM BLAIR, NEBRASKA NOW ON A SHIP OFF T COAST OF NORMANDY, FRANCE. THE YEAR WAS 1944. >> JUNE 5. MY BIRTHDAY. WAS SUPPOSE TO BE INVASION DAY BUT IT WAS CANCELED DUE TO BAD WEATHER. REPORTER LATER. >> THE INVASION OF FRANCE STARTED FULL SWING. THE SKY WAS DARK WITH PLANES FOR TWO HOURS. REPORTER: HE WAS ONLY 18 YEARS OLD. ANGELA SAYS SHE CAN’T IMAGINE WHAT HER GRANDPA AND SO MANY OTHERS MUST’VE EXPERIENCED. >> FEAR. HAD TO HAVE BEEN TOTAL FEAR. REPORTER: SHE WISHES SHE WOULD’VE SAID THANK YOU. >> WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE TO DAY IF IT WASN’T FOR PEOPLE LIKE THIS. REPORTER: NOW HAVING A BETTER

When Angela Stewart opens this box, she often gets emotional."I miss him," Stewart said. "I wish we had more time to go through this."The box belonged to her grandfather. Stewart found it just before he died.Inside, the box is full of photos."This would be at that Mulberry Harbor. It was a portable harbor," Stewart said.There's also a journal her grandpa Myron Benck wrote. Benck was in the U.S. Navy during World War II. The pages are filled with his own words leading up to D-Day."June First we received our first hint that the invasion was about due," Benck wrote.A boy from Blair, Nebraska now on a ship off the coast of Normandy, France. The year was 1944."June 5th, my birthday. It was supposed to be invasion day, but was canceled due to bad weather," Benck wrote.A day later, he was there."The sky was filled with planes for two hours, which seemed as if they were coming out of nowhere," Benck wrote.He was just 18 years old."At 5 a.m., the invasion of France had started in full swing," Benck wrote.Stewart said she can't imagine what her grandpa, and so many others, must have experienced."Fear. Had to have been total fear," Stewart said.She wishes she would've said thank you, now having a better understanding of the sacrifice."We would not have the freedoms that we have today if it weren't for people like this," Stewart added.

When Angela Stewart opens this box, she often gets emotional.

"I miss him," Stewart said. "I wish we had more time to go through this."

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The box belonged to her grandfather. Stewart found it just before he died.

Inside, the box is full of photos.

"This would be at that Mulberry Harbor. It was a portable harbor," Stewart said.

There's also a journal her grandpa Myron Benck wrote. Benck was in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

The pages are filled with his own words leading up to D-Day.

"June First we received our first hint that the invasion was about due," Benck wrote.

A boy from Blair, Nebraska now on a ship off the coast of Normandy, France. The year was 1944.

"June 5th, my birthday. It was supposed to be invasion day, but was canceled due to bad weather," Benck wrote.

A day later, he was there.

"The sky was filled with planes for two hours, which seemed as if they were coming out of nowhere," Benck wrote.

He was just 18 years old.

"At 5 a.m., the invasion of France had started in full swing," Benck wrote.

Stewart said she can't imagine what her grandpa, and so many others, must have experienced.

"Fear. Had to have been total fear," Stewart said.

She wishes she would've said thank you, now having a better understanding of the sacrifice.

"We would not have the freedoms that we have today if it weren't for people like this," Stewart added.